Charli XCX Clarifies Rock Album Rumors

0:00It's May 2nd. This is entertainment in celebrity news today, pop culture powered by AI. Charlie XCX just cleared up those rock album rumors floating around. Last month, folks thought she was going full rock after some comments in British Vogue, but she's not dropping anything like that anytime soon. On Friday, May 1st, she shared fresh studio footage on Instagram from a session back in October 2025 at Ru Boyer Studios in Paris. In the clip, she's brainstorming a track literally called Rock Music, but it turns out it's more hyperpop with some guitar vibes, not straight up. Rock. She captioned it to point out the mix-up, saying she never claimed a rock album was coming. The video shows her laying down vocals and flashes lyrics from her notes app about friends, inspiration, and ditching the dance floor. Fans jumped on the Vogue story where she talked experimenting with guitar to flip her sound after her massive brat album. She said, redoing that dance world would have fell off, and putting guitars in was just

1:01fun, even if some pure skim ad. That piece had her writer join a listening session in a West London studio back in February. Turns out the song they previewed was this very rock music track, and her new album digs into her love for art, her other big passion, besides her. Husband George Daniel, and what life would be without it. Brat hit number three on the Billboard 200 last year, her best chart spot yet. He's been busy since, cooking up music for Emerald Finale's Wuthering Heights flick that dropped in February with its soundtrack landing at number, eight on the Billboard 200, and topping the soundtrack's chart. Charlie's keeping it fresh, bending genres her way, and this teaser has everyone hyped for what's next.